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| Matt's photo from across the
hole where he first spotted the dwelling. Matt is sorry
for the overexposure on the sky. |
You can see how far above
the canyon this family lived! The "duplex" living
area is 90 feet off the deck below. |
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| We rappelled down to the hole
in the rock ledge at the top left of this photo, and we
stayed roped in to traverse to the dwelling to the right. |
Matt's photo of Tony, rappelling
down into the "slot" where this prehistoric family
may have planted a ladder. |
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| Matt took this photo from
the "front door" of the dwelling as I descended
into it. |
Tony still on rappel.
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Matt took this photo from
the "living space" ledge of this dwelling. The
two bedroom door openings are visible to the left. Pretty
small sleeping quarters. It reminded me of a small dog house,
in fact. They must have been really small
people. |
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| Tony, sitting in front of
the dwelling. Note that my shoulders would NEVER make it
inside of their home. |
Matt reminded me that nobody
may have ever been on this ledge in 900 years, so we were
really careful about what we were doing. |
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Going back up with ascenders
on the rope.
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| I was nervous about how to
get up and OVER and not get stuck below the edge. |
I left Matt below with two
experimental "micro-ascenders" that freaked him
out. |
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